Against the clock_ Timetable WATCHING THE ENGLISH in class

Reader 2. Timetable January-February

WATCHING THE ENGLISH 

The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour by Kate Fox

                               CONTENTS

        Foreword

        Introduction -Anthropology at Home

  PART ONE: CONVERSATION CODES
  PART TWO: BEHAVIOUR CODES

 January_ Sessions    30 min in class (debates)

 Read this part at Christmas, taking notes and underlining interesting parts/expressions.

Summarise 3 or the 8 sub-chapters 

                    day 1_____ WEDNESDAY, 9
presentation

                    day  2_____   Monday, 14

       Introduction -Anthropology at Home

     1. The Weather

                    day 3_____ WEDNESDAY, 16

2. Grooming-talk

                    day 4_____  Monday, 21

3. Humour Rules

                    day 5_____ WEDNESDAY, 23

4. Linguistic Class Codes

                    day 6_____  Monday, 28

5. Emerging Talk-rules: The Mobile Phone

                    day 7_____ WEDNESDAY, 30

6. Pub-talk

7. Racing-talk

8. Squaddie-talk

February_ Sessions     25-30 min in class

 Presentations   (1 o 2 learners )

   plus language activities

PART TWO: BEHAVIOUR CODES

1. Home Rules  .............. Monday,   4

2. Rules of the Road .........   WED,   6

 3. Work to Rule ............. Monday, 11

4. Rules of Play   ...............  WED, 13

5. Dress Codes   ............. Monday, 18

 6. Food Rules     ............ Monday, 25

7. Rules of Sex    ...............  WED, 27

8. Rites of Passage  ..... March  MON  4

 Conclusion: Defining Englishness

Epilogue